YOUTH SPORTS: All 4 OJR crew boats post top times on Schuylkill

The Owen J. Roberts crew club had another great day of competitive racing on the Schuylkill River in the fifth session of the Manny Flicks/Horvat Series last weekend. Close to 600 boats from 86 clubs and eight states competed. The event is part of the Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association.

Silvia’s Gymnastics Level 7 team competed in the 2013 Pennsylvania State Championships hosted by Wilson Gymnastics at Chambersburg Senior High School last weekend. Silvia’s Level 7 team won the Pennsylvania State Championship.

Individual results:

Junior C: Nicole Wojcik is State Champion on bars and placed fourth AA; Kendall Whitman placed second on bars and third on vault. Junior D: Sophie Rocereta placed third on floor and fourth on beam. Senior A: Olivia Casey is State Champion on vault, bars, beam, floor and AA. Senior B: Sarah Loughery placed second on beam and fourth AA; Morgan Fiorito placed fourth on beam. Senior C: Nieves Macrone is State Champion on beam and floor, and placed second on vault, fourth AA. Senior D: Emily Slater placed fourth on bars and sixth AA. Senior E: Julia Morgan placed third on vault.

Silvia’s Gymnastics Level 6 team also competed at the 2013 Pennsylvania State Championships, Level 6 hosted by X-cel Gymnastics in Wexford. The Level 6 team placed third in Pennsylvania.

Individual results:

Age 8-and-under: Jordyn Santer placed second on floor, fourth on bars, sixth AA. Age 9B: Abby Royer is the State Champion on bars, also placed third AA and sixth on beam. Age 10B: Caitlin Bauer placed fourth on vault. Age 11A: Carolyn Cooley is the State Champion on bars, placed second AA, third on vault, and fifth on beam; Olivia Hurley placed second on beam and sixth on floor. Age 12A: Julia Leidelmeyer placed second on vault, floor and AA, third on beam, sixth on bars. Age 12B: Kasey Ricci placed third on bars, fourth on floor and AA, fifth on beam. Age 13-and-up: Brooke Hurley placed third on beam and sixth on floor.

Berks East Gymnastics

The Berks East Gymnastics Level 7 team also competed in the Level 7 State Championships in Chambersburg.

Ten students from Master Kim’s Black Belt Academy in Bechtelsville traveled to Southern Lehigh High School to compete in the 34th Annual Keystone State Invitational Championships, hosted by Grand Master Jon Chung Kim, from Allentown. More than 400 competitors were on hand to showcase their skills in four events. The events included weapons forms, board breaking, empty hand forms and free sparring. The competitors were divided into divisions according to age and belt levels. Ages ranged from 4 to over 50 years, and the levels of experience ranged from white belt beginners to fourth degree black belts.

Trophies were awarded for first place through fourth place in each division.

Winners from Master Kim’s included: Clayton Stauffer, third place in both sparring and forms; Nicholas Gehringer, third place in sparring; Jacob McCann, third place in board breaking; Nathan Fox, first place in board breaking; Korina Zambrano, first place in board breaking; and Eric Hauck, first place in forms, second place in breaking and third place in sparring.

By virtue of placing first in their respective divisions, both Fox and Zambrano were eligible to compete for Grand Champion in board breaking, the highest level of competition ever for Zambrano and Fox. Unfortunately they did not win the Grand Champion title.

CHEERLEADING

The Spring Valley Heat All-Star cheerleading team competed in a meet at Hershey last weekend. Amanda Fields performed her individual routine and received first place. The stunt group of Brittney Miller, Tori Fields, Rachel Sciarretta and Jessica Yednock performed for the first time and took second place.